Skinner & Smith Funeral Home

905 Erwin Rd.

Dunn, NC28334

910-892-2447

Mr. Jesse Nowell Smith, Jr., 70, of Dunn passed away Monday, January 29, 2001, at Betsy Johnson Hospital. He was born in Johnston County on December 23, 1930, to the late Jesse Nowell and Ruby Core Smith.

Nowell was a funeral director for the Dunn area for over 40 years. He was a member of the Dunn Palmyra Lodge 147 AF & AM, Wilmington Scottish Rite Bodies and the New Bern Shrine Temple. He was also a past member of the Dunn Rotary Club. He was a member the First Baptist Church.

A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church by Dr. Karl Minor. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Hazel G. Smith of Dunn, two sons, Robert Nowell “Butch” Smith and wife Beth of Dunn, J. Nowell Smith, III, and wife Ava of Dunn, daughter, Sharon S. Bostic and husband Jack of Raleigh, brother: Larry Smith and wife Shelia of Benson, sisters, Betty Smith of Benson, Brenda Shadrick of Carolina Beach, and Doris Smith of Benson, five grandchildren: Jenny and Will Bostic, Adelaide, Magen and Nicole Smith.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Skinner Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 309 West Broad St. Dunn, NC 28334.